Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for April 12, 2023

And how, pray tell, are you going to earn said setenta cinco mil for that car, Baldo, if you’re not going to college?

You could buy a cheap car and then pay monthly subscription fees for software upgrades.

Most folks I know with college degrees aren’t using them and are in debt with nothing to show for it. Meanwhile those of us in the trades make decent money and owe nothing.

You don’t get degrees in high school. You get a diploma.

VoTech and an apprenticeship in a trade. Earning $ when college kids are going into debt.

I have a degree… I am not happier than those I know without one.

If I had to do it all over again, I’d think twice about college right out of high school.

To afford a $75,000 dream car, you need a really good degree. Try IT or law.

plumbers, electricians, welders, auto-mechanics are all jobs where you can be paid in cash off the books

Makes sense … why go to college just be indoctrinated when you can go to junior college or get an apprenticeship to learn a trade that you can actually use. I’m glad that I did …

Become a plumber. They make very good money.

Go to a good tech school and Lear a trade!

Sergio, give it a rest for now. Baldo isn’t ready for college at this point.

I strongly believe college offers a better education and more options, and yet- if you’re going to take on huge debt for a degree which offers limited career path- if you can attend a community college rather than an expensive private or state university- if you know your career path and you will be better prepared via a trade schoolthen, like in all of the big decisions of our lives, you need to research, make a decision and do the best you can!

and who is going to pay for his loan? Biden

But then you will need a $100K garage to protect it. And a $2.3 million house to attach to the garage.

Good for you, Papa! Tell him to begin at Community College. He can learn about cars and the world, including his cultural heritage!

Dream on Birdhead, dream on…

Sorry this is true only for those that go to college for a hard science, Engineering, or medical degree. Most kids that go to college right out of HS don’t have a clue of what they want to do. And thusly run up debt trying to figure it out. Military, Navy or Air Force, is a great way to grow up. You can pay into the GI bill and then go to college or a trade knowing what will make you happy and earn a great wage. And NOT run up a huge debt.

Had a plumber out last year to replace two outside faucets-20 minutes $185.Had an appendectomy, Medicare paid anesthesiologist (billed $1,500) $125.

This artist is really proud of how he draws pointing finger hands!

College can be important and even necessary for some professions. However, many college degrees are useless.However, there are many non college degree professions that are very high paying and rewarding such as plumbers, electrician’s, auto mechanics,Welders just to name a few. College, especially now, is not for everyone. Think about what you want to do with your life before you make the decision whether to go to college or not……

You’re right, Baldo. I also don’t care about money…just the things that money can buy.

I have been researching both college and vocational careers over the last few years for my senior Royal Rangers. I am a retired engineer who worked for my state’s environmental agency. It was a wonderful job, but it had its limits. I am glad my wife was a RN.

From my personnel experience, if you want to be an engineer, you have to plan on being a bit of a gypsy since you will be following the projects and moving from company to company; that was a big early lesson I got from my engineering professors and I found out is true from my friends and industry associates.

The vocational guys are not so blue collar anymore and I have found that many of them (while they do work hard) are making from the low six to mid six figures per year. You don’t start out at those earnings, but after 15 or so years you are in them. These are you plumbers, electricians, wielders (underwater is higher), senior water and wastewater operators, masons, oil field workers, and many more. And, the big kicker is that you can start work right out of High School, your education is mostly paid for by the job, and unlike the college guys, you don’t end up with from $150k to $400k (or more) in college debt after 4 to 8 years. Not everyone is cut out to be a doctor or a lawyer.

Take Rush Limbaugh, one failed college semester and not only was he earning over $36m/year ($32 if you listened to him, but I found out better), but he took over being the GOAT of radio talk show hosts. Now, this is based on rates, people listening, awards, and gross annual income (everyone has their favorites so I won’t argue the point [and many don’t like him], just stating what you can find in the Radio Hall of Fame).

The key for Baldo is to find a career he enjoys and is good at. That is true success. One of my grandsons is now trying out auto mechanic since he found out that getting his mechanical engineering degree (like his grandpa and his great-great grandpa) is just too costly and he is another gear-h

College isn’t for everyone, and there are other ways to a fulfilling life. I went that way, but learning a skilled trade is at least as good in many ways, and doesn’t tend to result in starting off your working life buried in debt.

A good trade school could earn that money quicker and leave you in far less debt.

Vocational education… some blue collar professions pay better many college degreed professions, without having amassed huge student loan debt – to pay for being brainwashed.

Become a welder